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BC Zalgiris

Žalgiris Kaunas
Žalgiris Kaunas logo
Nickname Žaliai balti (The Green-Whites)
Leagues Lithuanian Basketball League
EuroLeague
Founded 1944
History BC Žalgiris
(1944–present)
Arena Žalgiris Arena
Arena Capacity 15,552
Location Kaunas, Lithuania
Team colors Green, white
         
Team manager Paulius Motiejūnas
Head coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Championships 1 EuroLeague
1 Saporta Cup
1 Intercontinental Cup
5 Soviet Union Leagues
1 Soviet Union Cup
1 NEBL
19 Lithuanian Leagues
5 Lithuanian Cups
5 Baltic Leagues
1 Stepas Butautas Cup
Retired numbers 2 (11, 5)
Website zalgiris.lt
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
Active departments of BC Žalgiris
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Basketball Basketball B Football
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Football B Rugby union

Basketball Club Žalgiris (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Žalgiris) is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the EuroLeague and plays domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). Žalgiris is one of 11 European clubs that hold EuroLeague A Licenses, which provide their holders with a guaranteed place in the regular-season phase of the EuroLeague. Since the 2011–12 season, Žalgiris plays its home games in the new Žalgiris Arena, built just before the EuroBasket 2011. The club's name commemorates the victorious Battle of Žalgiris (Battle of Grunwald) (both names: Žalgiris and Grunwald are translated as "green grove").

Žalgiris has featured many Lithuanian basketball legends during their history, including Arvydas Sabonis, Modestas Paulauskas, Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Šarūnas Marčiulionis. Eight of the thirteen Lithuanian basketball players to ever play for an NBA team have played for Žalgiris or were part of the Žalgiris youth program at one point in their careers (Arvydas Sabonis, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Donatas Motiejūnas, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Darius Songaila, Martynas Andriuškevičius).

The team is the most decorated Lithuanian basketball club ever, having won twenty-nine Lithuanian championships (1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), three Soviet championships (1985, 1986, 1987), one European championship (1999), and have reached the Lithuanian league finals every single season in league history.


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